Passenger ‘sexually assaulted flight attendant’ before ‘smoking marijuana’ in plane toilet

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A fine of more than $40,000 has been proposed for a US airline passenger who allegedly drank their own alcohol on a flight before sexually assaulting a crew member and smoking marijuana in the plane toilet. The Federal Aviation Administration released details of the proposed fine for a Southwest Airlines passenger who “drank their own alcohol during the flight, and continued to do so after a flight attendant told the passenger that was prohibited.” The FAA reports that the same passenger then “sexually assaulted flight attendant” and “entered the lavatory and smoked marijuana”. In other cases, a JetBlue customer “drank alcohol that the airline did not serve to him” and “urinated on the lavatory floor, verbally abused the flight crew and refused to follow crew instructions to wear a facemask,” resulting in a suggested $24,000 fine. The customer then threw an alcoholic beverage to the ground and “began yelling profanities at the other passengers and crew.” The FAA also said it had received 300 reports of “passenger disturbances due to alcohol and intoxication” since the beginning of the year.